Category: strength training

Last week we lost Dr. Fred Hatfield, also known as Dr. Squat. First man at the age of 45, he set a squat world record by lifting 1014 pounds in the 100 kg weight class, the first person to squat more than 1000lbs. You may recognise the hands supported safety bar squat I sometimes use […]

How Strong is strong enough for Jiujitsu and MMA? We’ve asked this question on scramblog before. In this post I suggested “Strength addicts will say you can never have enough, smart athletes however need to know if pursuing more strength worth diminising returns and time cost. We are not trying to produce strongmen, powerlifters or […]

In a previous post I talked about simple readiness testing using PPower to determine athlete readiness. http://www.powering-through.com/simple-readiness-test-using-peak-power-pvc-pipe-and-push-band/The test I learned from Dan Baker works as follows, using just a PVC pipe and performing 2-3 sets of 5 jumps in a row we can take the best peak power velocity score in m/s and track it over time measuring 1-2 […]

I thought I would share a little on my approach to BJJ peaking. It should be similar yet different to peaking we see for Judo, MMA and Stand-up Combat sports. When it comes to peaking for BJJ we are aiming for AMRAPs at high velocities or Holds with sets lasting 10, 15, 20s or determined by athletes plays style (BJJ has a […]

Supramaximal training is one of toughest methods out there, using numbers in excess of your 1 rep max always put fear into the heart of the seasoned lifter and athlete a like. Supramaximal training like it implies means using loads above your maximum usually a percentage from anywhere from 105-130%. The reason we can do […]

Occasionally my job as a strength/physical prep coach will throw up some fantastic curve balls. Those of you who read my blog regularly will know my main body of work is with pro combat athletes and golfers. So when Bewiser and now Ducati rider Danny Buchan expressed interest in working with me at start of last winter, I was […]

My adventures into golf physical preparation have been interesting. The most interesting of which is how to tackle in season or tour lifting. Biggest cry from golfers or golf based ‘thinking’ for lifting and its the recurrent issue of specificity. In gym training raining occurs at much lower velocities than it does in actual sport. […]

He also has terrific deadlift face If you read this website regularly you will have seen many snippets from Arnold’s workouts and his physical development. As a coach we take greatest pleasure in seeing athletes achieve their dreams. So thrilled does’nt describe how I felt when Arnold Allen stopped Alan Omar with a submission in […]

I’ve spoken about Death Ground Squatting before, the idea of squatting EMOM style with 90% of your max plus. http://www.powering-through.com/2014/02/death-ground-squats.html. I have had questions about good rep vs bad reps, so I made a short VLOG with a few other training clips included. If you like this content please share!20